Railway structure



arrivi1 orties.

EDWARD FURROW, OF SPRING-FIELD, ILLINOIS.

` RAILWAY STRUCTURE.

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Application led July 14, 1919'.

To @ZZ eli/"tom t may concern:

.lle it known that l, Emmen lflunnow, a citizen of the United States, resident in the city of Springfield, county of Sangamon,

and State of illinois, have invented a new and useful Railway Structure, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to the track structure of railways. rlhe purposes ot the invention are; to provide a permanent road bed; to provide simple andv efl'ecti ve means for draining the rot-td bed; to provide chairs oil improved construction adapted to support the rails, true to. gage, and prevent them `from spreading; to provide locking devices oi improved construction to secure therails on the chairs and adapted to be released when it is desired to replacea railor rails; to provide cushions under the chairs to deaden sound and absorb shocks; and to details, as will provide improved structural hereinafter appear.

The invention is illustrated in the annexed drawings, to which reference is hereby made, and will new be described and the novel teatures thereof will be recited in the claims.

Figure l is a top planet part of a railway embodying my invention; F ig. 2 is a vertical transverse section on theline X. X. of `Eig. l; Fig. Bis a` vertical longitudinal section on the line Y. Y. of Fig. l; Fig.V 4f is anV enlarged view showing partly intransverse section, one rail, onechair, one cushion and one bed-plate; and Fig. 5 is a vertical section parallel to the rail throughone locking block, one chair, one" cushion and one bed plate, taken on the line ZQZ; of Figli.

rThe same reference numerals designate the same parts in all the views.

The preferred embodiment ot my invention, illustrated in the drawings, comprises:

A concrete road bed l having a longitudinal draining channel 2; drain pipes 8 to carry water away from the drainage channel; filter beds 4l of porous material, such as cinders, to strain the water going to the drain pipes to prevent clogging ot the pipes; box-shaj e bed-plates 5 crete road-bed; cushions 6 of asphalt, or other yielding material, contained in the boxes of the respective bed-plates; chairs 7 supported on the cushions in the bed plates and capable of slight vertical guided movement relative to the bed-plates; tie-rods S embedded in the concrete road bed and connecting the chairs on the opposite sides of Specification of Letters Patent.

embedded in the con- Serialy No. 310,588.

the road bed to keep the chairs true to gage; rails 9 supported on the chairs; locking blocks lO supported on the respective chairs and pivotally connected therewith; lengthening members 'l2 attachable to the respective locking blocks at the free ends of the blocks, to adapt the locking blocks to engage'and hold rails having webs of different thickness; and keys 13' for holding the locking blocks in locked` position.

The rails 9 `may be of any usual or approved construction;

The bed plates 5, the chairs 'l' and the locking blocks l0 are preferably ot cast metal.

Each chai-r? has a longitudinal flange member let adapted to overlap the outer flange ot the rail 9; a brace member lo adapted to abut against the face of the web oi the rail ivhen the rail is in place on the chair; longitudinal channels 16 accommodating the side-members 1S of the bed plate 5, so that the chair will have slight, free, vertical movement'relative to thebed plate; a downwardly extended side member .19 havii'iga slot 3() iulapted to accommodate the tie rod 8 and adapted'to permit slight vertical movement et' the chair relative to the tie rod; and upright standards 20, support ing the locking block l0.

The locking block lO has a transverse hole (not shown) to receive a bolt 22 extending throughthe standards `2O and supporting the block; `a foot 23 having surface on of the key turning of' the tree end of the block; a hammer lugaA to receive the blows of a hammer used for driving the block downward; a wedge 25 adapted to engage on one edge ot the flange of the rail to press the opposite member of the same flange firmly under the flange member le of the chair 7 g and a detachable extension l2 at the free end of the block, adapted to bear firmly against the web ot the rail to hold it against the brace i5 while the wedge 25 holds the rail flange firmly against the chair flange lll. The ezitensions l2 are preferably oi wrought Vmetal and have inwardly extended members 26 adapted to engage in transverse grooves 2T in the blocks l0 to keep the extensions on the blocks. The extensions ,may be or" different thicknesses to compensate ior differences in thickness of the web of the rail or differences in width of the flange of the rail.`

To install the structure, the concrete roadwhich the taperedl upper surface Patented' July 13, 1920.'

an inclined lower 13 engages to prevent upward placed in line with each other 251 te press the rail iianges permanent the chairs 7 will be placedzbn the projecting ends of the tie rods so that the bodies of the of the cushions 6; washers 28 vwill be placed on the tie rods; the nuts 29 on the tie rods will be tightened to hold the parts in place; the rails 9, will be on the chairs andwiththe outer i'langes of the rails under the flange-members la; be true to gage; the bloclrs l0 will bejturned and driven downward to v cause thewedges d V vlirinly under the {lange-members 'la and to 'cause the members 12 to act on the webs ofthe rails to press them firmly against the brace-members l5 to tightly hold the rails; and the lreys 173 will be driven inward under the eetVQ-to securely hold the lockingvbloclr in its locked position. n d

Having fully described my invention what claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Jatent is: l

l. rl`he railway structure comprising a road-bed; tie rods embedded in the road bed transverse thereto; box-shape bed-plates embedded in the permanent 'readbed; cushions in the boxes of the bed-plates; chairs supported on said cushions and capable or slight vertical movement relativerto the respective bed-plates; on the tie rods; rails onV the chairs;vloclring blocks hinged on the respective chairs and chairs will rest on top y having members engaging the webs andthe l edges of the flanges of the rails to locltthe the chairs; and keys rails true to gage on holding the locking blocks in locked-posi-` tion. Y. j Y Y 2. ln a railway structure, the" combination of a chair having a flange-member; aA

meissie on the inclined surface of so that the rails will Y *a pivoted locking Y grooves securing devices o rail having a flange engaging the ilangemember of the chair; a locking block hinged on the chair and having'an extension engaging the web oit' the rail and wedge engaging the vwith an inclined surface; and a key acting the foot to V-pre vent lifting oi the locking block.

3. ln a railway structure, a chair having a gage-member; a iange-inember and standards; in combination with a tie-rod extending through the gage member of the chair; securing devices on the tie-rod preventing movement o't. the chair in the direction oi" the length of the' tie-rod; hinged between thestandards et the chair and having a 'foot with an inclined surface; and a key engaging theinclined surface or' the foot of' the locking-bleek yto prevent turning otheVloclring-bloclr. il. In a railway structure, a hinged locking block having an inclined foot, a wedge7 an extension and a hammer-rug; in combina tion witha rail havingfa web and a ltlange; means for supporting the locking block in such relation to therail that blows on the hammer-lug will turn the block downward and drive the wedge against the flange of the rail and the extension against the webV or the rail; anda lrey engaging the toot ot the locking block to prevent reverse movement oi the locking block.

6.111 a structure ot the class described7 adjacent to the free endet the block; in combination with an Vextension having members adapted to engage in the transversegrooves ofthebloclz. ,7, v i;

, In witnessV whereoiE I have hereunto signed my name at Clintomlowa, this 21st day oli D. 1919.' i v February, A. Y A

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